Re: RE: Part Time 4wd

From: Chris lang (langcj@clarkson.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 23 1998 - 22:40:11 EDT


Its supposed to be smart enough to stop the one that is slipping and send
the power the one that isnt...

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim, Donna, Erin, and Brian <leefam@wcc.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Part Time 4wd

>At 07:38 PM 9/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>I think the benz system uses the brakes on the wheel that spinning even
>>while your on the gas, otherwise it would be pointless....
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>
>I know that, but if the wheel is spinning freely, what is the point of
>stopping it. If you stop it, it doesn't mean it's going to grip....
>
>Brian
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jim, Donna, Erin, and Brian <leefam@wcc.net>
>>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>>Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 6:02 PM
>>Subject: Re: DML: RE: Part Time 4wd
>>
>>
>>>> <<AWD, or all-wheel drive, is a lot like 4ft except you cannot turn
>>it
>>>> off. often times these systems are designed EXCLUSIVELY for road
use
>>>> and are far less suitable for off-roading.>>
>>>> Basically true but I've heard that Mercedes (I think) puts out an
>>>> impressive AWD rig that uses the ABS brake system to keep power
>>coming
>>>> to wheels with traction... So they keep open diffs for great
highway
>>>> performance/manners while maintaining off-road traction that would
>>put
>>>> alot of 4x4's (including my Kota) to shame!
>>>>
>>>> T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Okay, so I screwed up that last thing i wrote. I don't profess to be a
>>>master of 4wd vehicles, jsut what I thought was right. I wil disagree on
>>>the Mercedes part. I would rather have anything but the ABS system to be
>>>used as traction control. Do you really want to be on the brakes while
>>>going through mud, or any other off road terrain? Momentum is the key
>>>here. I don't like the independant rear suspension, either. It seems
like
>>>they could have come up with a better idea...Such as the new Jeep
Cherokee
>>>has - Quadra Track II.
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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